# κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων 67

Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων, Section 67. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-2/67

βούλεσθʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τὸ τούτων αἴτιον ἐγὼ ὑμῖν εἴπω; ὅτι τῶν μὲν μετέχουσιν ὧν ἀδικοῦσιν ὑμᾶς τινες, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν εἰσπραττομένων ὑφαιροῦνται· διʼ ἀπληστίαν δὲ τρόπων διχόθεν καρποῦνται τὴν πόλιν. οὔτε γὰρ ῥᾷον πολλοῖς καὶ τὰ μίκρʼ ἀδικοῦσιν ἀπεχθάνεσθαι ἢ ὀλίγοις καὶ μεγάλα, οὔτε δημοτικώτερον δήπου τὰ τῶν πολλῶν ἀδικήμαθʼ ὁρᾶν ἢ τὰ τῶν ὀλίγων. ἀλλὰ τοῦτʼ αἴτιον οὑγὼ λέγω. τῶν μὲν οἶδεν ἑαυτὸν ὄντα, τῶν ἀδικούντων, ὑμᾶς δʼ οὐδενὸς ἀξίους ἡγήσατο· διὸ τοῦτον ἐχρήσατο τὸν τρόπον ὑμῖν.

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Demosthenes, κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων, ed. Samuel Henry Butcher. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0014.tlg022.local001/.